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Genetic Transformation and its Potential in Insect Pest Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

David A. O'Brochta
Affiliation:
Centre for Agricultural Biotechnology and Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
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Abstract

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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